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A guide to Europe’s coronavirus contact tracing apps
More than 20 countries across Europe have launched or plan to launch apps that seek to break the chain of coronavirus infection by tracking encounters between people and issuing a ...
Grab expands finance business with consumer loans services and wealth management
Asian ride-hailing business Grab has deepened its financial services push by announcing that it will offer consumer loans services in Singapore and roll-out wealth management produ...
ByteDance founder defends TikTok’s US strategy
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has told employees that there were misunderstandings on Chinese social websites concerning TikTok’s situation in the US and that the business c...
Microsoft’s attempt to acquire TikTok endears old company to new generation
Microsoft has emerged as a saviour to young users of TikTok, who praised the technology sector giant for attempting to buy parts of social networking company’s operations, in...
Google says 20 US states ‘exploring’ contact tracing
Google has said that 20 US states and territories, representing about 45 percent of the nation’s inhabitants, are”exploring” contact tracing programs for its nove...
Google advertising rebound offsets Alphabet’s first-ever sales drop
Google’s advertising sales have recovered since they plummeted back in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, parent Alphabet Inc said on Thursday, easing worries about its ...
International prospects dim for China’s tech businesses
Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei’s global ambitions are marked in mortar and bricks in a business campus in China, where the buildings are replicas from European town...
Expansion: Amazon to open ten new warehouses in India
Amazon’s Indian business has announced that it will open 10 new warehouses in the country. Additionally, the company will begin offering auto insurance, in two moves that wil...
Siemens to launch flexible working app for 100,000 staff
German tech giant Siemens is rolling out its Comfy mobile phone app to hundreds of its offices around the world to help staff safely return to the office after the coronavirus shut...
Microsoft may face EU antitrust probe after Slack complaint
Microsoft may find itself in European Union regulators’ cross-hairs after US workspace messaging app Slack complained about Microsoft embedding its workplace chat and video a...
TikTok owner ByteDance to invest in EduTech business
An executive at ByteDance has said the company plans to invest “a huge amount” into its newly-established education technology business but warned that the unit will be...
Microsoft trims jobs as it enters new fiscal year
Microsoft Corp has said it had trimmed its workforce across geographies and teams as it entered a new fiscal year from the 1st of July.
Google starting to take on Microsoft with corporate Gmail tools
Google has announced that its corporate Gmail customers would now be able to edit documents and other files without leaving the email service, as it aims to lure clients from rival...
Apple expands news offerings with audio, local newspaper stories
Apple has expanded its news offerings with audio versions of stories narrated by voice actors for subscribers, a morning newscast hosted by two journalists and more access to local...